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people living in northern california, oregon and washington state are bracing for rising rivers and possible mudslides. >>> supporters of mohammad morsi blocked the high court from indefinitely suspending all court sessions. that would suspend a ruling on the drawing up of egypt's new constitution. president morsi declared his decisions are now immune from judicial oversight. >>> it is a frightening and deadly scene in japan. just look at this. at least two cars are still trapped inside a highway tunnel after a massive section of the concrete structure collapsed. police say they have already found several burned bodies inside the rubble about 50 miles west of tokyo. it is not clear what caused the tunnel to cave in or how many cars were inside at the time. >>> a thousand cars and trucks are stuck on a highway in russia after a major snowstorm caused a backup two days ago. a 30-mile stretch of roadway between moscow and st. petersburg is completely jammed with one lane open in each side. it is so bad that field kitchens have been set up. drivers are also running out of gas to keep their engin
people living in northern california, oregon and washington state are bracing for rising rivers and possible mudslides. >>> supporters of mohammad morsi blocked the high court from indefinitely suspending all court sessions. that would suspend a ruling on the drawing up of egypt's new constitution. president morsi declared his decisions are now immune from judicial oversight. >>> it is a frightening and deadly scene in japan. just look at this. at least two cars are still...
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joe you also worked as insurance commissioner in pennsylvania and oregon. from your experience, you say there are a few reasons why states should set up the exchanges. what are they? >> i think there are two main reasons and relate to programs that states have traditional managed themselves. the first is the commercial insurance markets states have for more than a century now managed their own commercial insurance market and that means since the health care really became a big deal in the 1950s, states have primarily been in charge of that market. the exchanges fit into that market and if states maintain control over the exchanges, they then have a coordinated enforcement and implementation of laws across the commercial marketplace. if the federal government comes in and runs this particular program, then there get to be coordination issues, two levels of government directly involved in the day-to-day activity and that's probably not in the end good for the consumer. the second reason is the state medicaid programs, the exchanges work both for people to get
joe you also worked as insurance commissioner in pennsylvania and oregon. from your experience, you say there are a few reasons why states should set up the exchanges. what are they? >> i think there are two main reasons and relate to programs that states have traditional managed themselves. the first is the commercial insurance markets states have for more than a century now managed their own commercial insurance market and that means since the health care really became a big deal in the...
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. >> wreaths sent all the way from oregon. so we actually went back to those boxes there, and the town square, just to see who was the kind soul to send them. and we found him. he is larry twofil joining me on the phone. he owns twofil farm in oregon. larry, why did you do it? >> it wasn't just me. it was our family, employees, a group of us got together on saturday morning after watching these events unfold, and, you know, just really no words to describe this. and we just thought we needed to send a message that we were hurting and we knew that there was people hurting there. and wanted to send a message to the first responders and the families of the victims that we cared. and our family has been making wreaths for over 100 years. it is something we do, something we're pretty good at. and we felt there was a dire need to do this. so we got together as a family, as a company, first thing saturday morning we went to work on this little project and got it done. >> do you have firefighters in your family? he told me that basica
. >> wreaths sent all the way from oregon. so we actually went back to those boxes there, and the town square, just to see who was the kind soul to send them. and we found him. he is larry twofil joining me on the phone. he owns twofil farm in oregon. larry, why did you do it? >> it wasn't just me. it was our family, employees, a group of us got together on saturday morning after watching these events unfold, and, you know, just really no words to describe this. and we just thought...
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it was the site of a 2009 attack that killed seven cia contract oregon and a jordian intelligence officials. >>> officials in afghanistan are learning more about a woman that shot and killed an american contractor. we want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon. some of the things we hear about when you talk about insider jobs are the taliban dressed as women with the high jab and everything. we know this was a woman responsible for the attack. what have we learned about her? >> not very much, because the afghans have her in custody and apparently by all accounts she's not really talking. the afghans did hold a press conference and showed an iranian passport. they say this woman is an iranian national, she came from there and married an afghan and became a member of the afghan police force. none of this, again, independently verified by the nato alliance. she went to the compound with a weapon hidden under her clothing. she wanted to kill someone she thought was important. she walked around looking for somebody and came up behind this american contractor as he was walking towards a cante
it was the site of a 2009 attack that killed seven cia contract oregon and a jordian intelligence officials. >>> officials in afghanistan are learning more about a woman that shot and killed an american contractor. we want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon. some of the things we hear about when you talk about insider jobs are the taliban dressed as women with the high jab and everything. we know this was a woman responsible for the attack. what have we learned about her?...
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oregon, utah, colorado, wisconsin, and mississippi. but there are 300 colleges and universities that want guns banned. in an open letter they are asking lawmakers and the president to oppose legislation that would allow guns on campus. they want the gun show loophole closed. they want safety standards like locks for all guns. two college presidents behind this are lawrence shaw and elizabeth keish. they join us live. thank you for coming in. bereally appreciate it. so what prompted the letter, president shaw? >> sunday night i think along with the rest of america was watching the service in newtown, and afterwards i lay in bed and tried to get to sleep and i couldn't fall asleep and was haunted by president obama's challenge i think to us, to all of america that we could do better. so i got up and i started to write, and took about an hour and i put something together and the next morning i sent it to some friends who were also presidents, elizabeth being one of them, and we got a pretty positive response, and so we thought we'd send i
oregon, utah, colorado, wisconsin, and mississippi. but there are 300 colleges and universities that want guns banned. in an open letter they are asking lawmakers and the president to oppose legislation that would allow guns on campus. they want the gun show loophole closed. they want safety standards like locks for all guns. two college presidents behind this are lawrence shaw and elizabeth keish. they join us live. thank you for coming in. bereally appreciate it. so what prompted the letter,...
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. >>> christmas came just a bit early for a mother in oregon this year. >> just thinks i'm doing there doing a field op right now. she thinks i'm in the field right now. >> merry christmas. >> you made it home. oh! this is my best present yet. >> i hhis mom didn't think she would get to see her son before he left for redeployment to afghanistan. but they pulled it off just in time for christmas. >>> their greatest gift this holiday season is that they're still around, frankly. wounded veterans working through christmas as they recover from some terrible injuries. their thoughts, though, are with their friends overseas who are not home for the holidays. here's barbara starr. >> push forward it opens, right? my elbow unlocks it, throw it back and that's how i maneuver. >> reporter: wounded troops in rehab at the holiday time. all christmas miracles. meet travis mills, one of the troops i visited with asking them to send holiday wishes to their buddies. >> hi, everybody. i'm staff sergeant travis mills of the 82nd airborne division. i want to wish everybody a merry christmas and happy new
. >>> christmas came just a bit early for a mother in oregon this year. >> just thinks i'm doing there doing a field op right now. she thinks i'm in the field right now. >> merry christmas. >> you made it home. oh! this is my best present yet. >> i hhis mom didn't think she would get to see her son before he left for redeployment to afghanistan. but they pulled it off just in time for christmas. >>> their greatest gift this holiday season is that...